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Ethan Bortnick

I’m very lucky because no matter what event, tour, or TV appearance I had, I was always able to go back home.

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I look sometimes at the Chess & Strategy website.

genius ethan bortnick

At the moment, I read “Chess Studies” of Kasparian. I appreciate all the books of John Nunn.

genius ethan bortnick

At the beginning, I made some inaccuracies, but without many consequences. Then I had to raise my level of play to follow Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. My game against Laurent Fressinet was a turning point.

genius ethan bortnick

I played against all the champions. I would mention my win against Vladimir Kramnik, in Dortmund 2005, but it is already old.

genius ethan bortnick

I’ve been to Japan a couple of times, but I’ve never really got to perform at any of their serious performing art centers. That would be pretty cool. I love their appreciation for music over there.

genius ethan bortnick

I never wanted to sign with a major label or do anything like that.

genius ethan bortnick

I’m lucky to have a happy-go-lucky attitude and be nonchalant about everything, since I was so young and I didn’t understand.

genius ethan bortnick

I wanted to write a sequel to a song that I wrote last year in the summer called “cLosure.” The song is about trying to wrap your head around not talking to someone or speaking to someone for a long period of time and getting closure.

genius ethan bortnick

I did a couple of shows with Billy Joel’s band when I was eight or nine.

genius ethan bortnick

At five, I started writing about manatees here in Florida, which is an interesting start.